This pressure might leave soemone wondering the keys to developing a BYOD policy and how best to implement it. These ideas should be a part of any good Bring Your Own Device program. Each  idea comes with many important questions to ask yourself, your IT associates and your executive team while developing a BYOD policy. Read the rest of this entry »

When Windows 8 comes out later this year, the new Start screen and Metro-style apps will likely be the first changes you’ll notice, but  those aren’t the only things that are new. Microsoft is also adding some major security enhancements to help keep your system  safer and to improve Windows’ ability to combat viruses and malware. It just may be the biggest improvement to Windows security yet. Read the rest of this entry »

Businesses are starting to make their data centers more energy efficient and they are reaping benefits to their bottom line in the process. According to a new report,  43 percent of IT professionals who have a data center consolidation strategy consider “green initiatives” to be a top consideration. Read the rest of this entry »

Software is the heart of every business. Without software there would be no need to have computers because there would be nothing for them to do. Over the last 20 or so years computing has been tied to the Microsoft platform, and in turn the applications that were written had a Microsoft focus. UNIX and other operating systems tried to vie for that space in the data center, but their use has started to decline in the last few years. Read the rest of this entry »

Not too long ago, security experts warned that insiders were at least as great a threat to corporate security as outside hackers, if not more so – they had the keys to the kingdom, after all.These days, it’s plain old criminals one need ato worry about, unless you’re a large company in which case you can add inside hackers or Hactivits to the list, too. Read the rest of this entry »

BlackBerry’s share of the mobile device market has been dropping since Apple introduced the iPhone in 2008. The company’s BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) management system has managed to keep BlackBerry embedded in some organizations. Meanwhile, little by little, the world moves to where employees can bring their own device to work. And more frequently than not, those devices aren’t made by BlackBerry. Read the rest of this entry »

Want to see how Windows 8 looks and feels on a tablet? Now you can tap into the experience on your iPad via an app called Win8 Metro Testbed.

Designed by the folks at Splashtop, the new app lets iPad users drive the current Windows 8 beta in all its touch-screen glory by remotely controlling the OS from a desktop. All of the Windows 8 tablet features and gestures are fully accessible on the iPad. Read the rest of this entry »

The first of a series of Ivy Bridge chip announcements is expected on April 23.

Previously told the launch would happen between April 23 and April 29. Buy today an industry source familiar with Intel’s plans said the initial rollout will happen on April 23. Read the rest of this entry »

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Much has been written about conditions at Foxconn, the embattled Chinese manufacturer for Apple and a host of other hardware companies. But only a couple of reporters have had access to one of the sprawling company’s factory floors: Joel Johnson wrote Wired‘s March 2011 cover story, “1 Million Workers. 90 Million iPhones. 17 Suicides. Who’s to Blame?” after visiting the Foxconn plant in Shenzhen. Now Rob Schmitz, Shanghai Bureau Chief of American Public Media’s Marketplace, has also visited the Longhua facility in that city, spoke to dozens of workers and came back with a video which includes shots of the iPad assembly line and hoards of prospective employees lining up outside to get a job. Read the rest of this entry »